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an "iron curtain" that kept them safe from new invaders. it caused the cold war because many nations overrearcted
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∙ 9y agoCollectives, communism, government pensions, and government-controlled industries.
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∙ 6y agoEastern Europe's economies changed under the Soviet Union because the soviet union added some stuff to change there economies
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When did the Soviet Union take over Eastern Europe?
They took over E. Europe at the end of WW1
How did the spirit of reform under Gorbachev in the Soviet Union spill over into Eastern Europe?
It was very contagious. The countries of Eastern Europe were excited for the changes and wanted to be a part of them as well.
After the war the soviet union quickly took control of?
Established control over Eastern Europe.
The origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the US and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in?
Eastern Europe
How did the Iron Curtain tighten the Soviet hold over Eastern Europe?
Actually the "iron curtain" did not "tighten the soviet hold". The term "iron curtain" was a fictitious symbolic name used by Winston Churchill to describe the hold the Russians had over the Eastern Bloc. The hold the soviets had over eastern Europe was already tight before the term became popular.
When did the Soviet Union take over Eastern Europe?
They took over E. Europe at the end of WW1
How did the spirit of reform under Gorbachev in the Soviet Union spill over into Eastern Europe?
It was very contagious. The countries of Eastern Europe were excited for the changes and wanted to be a part of them as well.
What did Stalin accomplish in World War 2?
He prevented the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and established Soviet control over the nations of eastern Europe.
After the war the soviet union quickly took control of?
Established control over Eastern Europe.
The origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the US and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in?
Eastern Europe
Did Hitler take over eastern Europe or western Europe?
eastern Europe
How did the Iron Curtain tighten the Soviet hold over Eastern Europe?
Actually the "iron curtain" did not "tighten the soviet hold". The term "iron curtain" was a fictitious symbolic name used by Winston Churchill to describe the hold the Russians had over the Eastern Bloc. The hold the soviets had over eastern Europe was already tight before the term became popular.
Why did independent nation-states develope later in Eastern Europe than in western Europe?
Because the Soviet Union controlled Eastern Europe for four decades. This changed when they elected a new leader, Mikhail Horbachev, he gave Eastern Europe more freedom as one of his reforms.
What Symbolizes the soviet union's control over the people of eastern Europe?
(Iron Curtain)By 1946, less than a year after the end of World War II, it became clear that the Soviet Union planned to control the Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, and other people of Eastern Europe. Stalin forced communist government on these people. He also used his secret police to arrest anyone who opposed his rule.Many Eastern Europeans tried to escape Soviet control by fleeing to the West. But the Soviets stopped them by building a barbed wire fence which cut off Eastern Europe from the West. They also blocked trade between the eastern and western parts of Europe. Winston Churchill called the Soviet-controlled border between the East and West the "Iron Curtain."
Why did communism start in Europe?
it rose because of the glorious Soviet liberators it fell for all the satellite countries and independent communist countries fell with the Soviet union or counterrevolution
Who was in control over Eastern Europe?
The USSR.
What are the us and soviet aims in Europe that conflicted?
At the end of World War 2, The Western Nations of the allied forces wanted all of the European nations to be freed and allowed to be self ruling AND democratic. Democracy hating Dictator Stalin was not going to do that with the nations he took from the Nazi Germans. The continual conflict over this matter between Stalin and FDR and Churchill ended up in a stale mate. Stalin got his nations to keep under communist Soviet rule and the other half of Europe the western allies liberated were allowed to be free and democratic. This sparked The 50 year Cold War.
